| | Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament September 6-9th, 2012 Hollyburn Country Club West Vancouver, BC The 2012 Chad Charity Challenge weekend was a big success - raising over $8000 for Chad's cause: the HRCTU at the UBC/VGH Hospital Foundation. Players enjoyed at least three matches with some great competitors, many came out for the Saturday night party at the Mosquito Creek Bar & Grill, and we celebrated everyone's success at the players' reception on Saturday night. |
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 Since my brother Chad died, I have been thinking about how to carry on what he started. Chad had a lot of goals: to get better, to be there for his friends and family, to travel, to make a difference with his life. None of us could make him well, but I can do this small thing for him. I can make sure that his life makes a difference.
 Megan ran the Vancouver BMO Marathon - she hadn’t trained for it, or run farther than 24km before but she figured she could beat Oprah’s marathon time of 4 hours and 29 minutes. She challenged her friends to donate $42 if she finished the 42km in under four hours and 20 minutes. She did it in 3 hours and 43 minutes - just three minutes shy of qualifying for the Boston marathon (her next goal.)
read Megan’s blog  Amelia Ufford participated in the Test of Metal Mountain Bike event - a 67km race between 800 riders through the mountainside of Squamish, BC. She dedicated her ride to Chad and raised
$1500 for his cause. read Amelia’s blog
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